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The Society for Computation in Linguistics invites submissions to its third meeting, SCiL 2020, which will be co-located with LSA 2020 in New Orleans, January 2-5. The theme of the plenary session is “Computation and Meaning” and the invited speakers are Ellie Pavlick (Brown University) and Christopher Potts (Stanford University).
We seek high-quality research on computational and mathematical approaches in any area of linguistics. There will be two submission tracks: papers and abstracts. Accepted papers and abstracts will be presented (either orally or as posters) at the SCiL 2019 meeting. Papers will be published prior to the conference in the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) Anthology. Authors of accepted abstracts will have the option to submit extended abstracts prior to the conference. Both papers and extended abstracts will be published online in the open-access SCiL proceedings.
Submissions are limited to one first-authored paper or abstract per author; there is no limit on the number of non-first authored submissions per author. Do not submit an abstract to both SCiL and the LSA – these meetings are being held jointly, and your submission will be returned without review.
Important Dates
Submission Deadline (papers and abstracts): August 7, 2019
Notification of Acceptance: mid-September, 2019
Camera Ready Papers and Abstracts Due: October 15, 2019
Conference: January 2-5, 2020
Submissions
Papers (8pp) and abstracts (2pp) are due August 7 2019 by 11:59pm pacific time. Papers and abstracts must be anonymous and prepared in PDF format according to the following guidelines.
Papers
Paper submissions must describe original, completed, and unpublished work. They are limited to 8 content pages (plus unlimited pages for references) and should follow the two-column ACL format. Here are the NAACL HLT 2018 style templates:
LaTeX
Microsoft Word
Overleaf
All submissions must in PDF format.
Accepted papers will be published in the ACL Anthology prior to the conference, and will be presented either as oral or poster presentations at SCiL 2020. Abstracts and papers will also be published online in the open-access SCiL proceedings.
Abstracts
Abstract submissions must describe original and completed work. To facilitate exchange of research ideas across disciplines, this track will consider work that has been previously presented (and potentially published) at venues with distinct scope and target audiences from SCiL. Submissions describing previously presented/published work must indicate so at submission time.
Abstract length is limited to a maximum of two single-spaced pages (US Letter), figures and references included. The abstract should follow the two-column ACL format OR the following guidelines. Abstract submissions should not have abstracts. Font should be 12-point Times or Times New Roman throughout, and the document should be single-spaced, left justified, with margins of exactly one inch on all sides. Title and section headings (if used) should be bold.
Accepted abstracts will be presented at SCiL 2019 as posters or oral presentations. Authors of accepted abstracts will have the option to extend abstracts up to 4 pages (extended abstracts). The extended abstracts should follow the two-column ACL format. Abstracts and extended abstracts will be published before the conference in the forthcoming open-access SCiL Proceedings.
Submission
To submit your paper or abstract, please proceed to the link below. If you do not already have an EasyChair account, you will need to set one up :
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=scil2020
As stated above, recall that submissions are limited to one first-authored paper or abstract per author; there is no limit on the number of non-first authored submissions per author. Do not submit an abstract to both SCiL and LSA – these meetings are being held jointly, and your submission will be returned without review.
Organization
Co-Chairs
Gaja Jarosz, UMass Amherst
Joe Pater, UMass Amherst
Program committee chairs
Gaja Jarosz, UMass Amherst
Allyson Ettinger, University of Chicago
Contact: scil [at] umass.edu